On December 17th at 10:07PM EST, Orbital Sciences will launch their Cygnus spacecraft atop their Antares launch vehicle for their first scheduled resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Congratulations to Orbital Sciences for this historic moment! This will be the first of eight missions covered by Orbital’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, and this mission signals the start of their new chapter following a very successful COTS program! To read more about the mission, have a look at NASA’s CRS page.